Maths and English Trainer and Community Development Worker
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Maths and English Trainer and Community Development Worker
Hours: Full time 35 hours per week
Salary: £30,459 – £40,086
Location: Stretford Base – Be able to travel across all 5 campuses and with community partners.
The Trafford and Stockport College Group (TSCG) has an opportunity for an experienced Trainer/Assessor to join the Adult and Community Learning Department to help us achieve our vision of unlocking potential and fostering success.
The Job :
You will deliver outstanding courses using a diverse range of teaching and learning strategies. You will provide learners with an exceptional educational experience enabling them to maximise their potential.
You will teach the standard curriculum of Functional English and maths to Part-Time Adult to enable learners to progress on to more advanced maths and English or other relevant progression courses/employment. Recent and relevant experience of teaching these subjects (Beginners through to Level 3) would be essential.
You will be required to identify marketing opportunities and create marketing materials to meet individual community needs. Represent the College in a calendar of events to raise the profile of Community learning.
You will have to ensure documentation including schemes of work, lesson plans and specialist resources are in place prior to the start of courses. Respond to student and partner enquiries, provide advice on learning opportunities and support systems. Contribute to the day-to-day organisation, running and administration of the Team, and ensure all paperwork, data and administration is kept up to date.
You will be required to provide information, advice and guidance for learners, identifying individual support needs and individual progression opportunities. Where appropriate liaise with other agencies and sign post leaners to appropriate provision.
You will participate in course teams and other staff meetings. Carry out any other duties that may be reasonably required, commensurate with the grade at the initial place of work or at other locations within the Group’s catchment area.
To work closely with the Community Learning (CL) Coordinator to deliver responsive, high quality community learning provision.
To actively research and identify community needs, using local intelligence and partnership work to maximize the opportunities for community learning.
Develop and maintain strong links with a wide range of community partners, agencies, groups and development workers to strengthen the capacity of local people in different communities to participate in adult/community learning.
Liaise with individuals in the community to create demand led provision by understanding national/regional agendas and translating this into local opportunities thus meeting the needs of local communities and organisation.
The post holder may be required to represent the college at meetings including EES locality and stakeholder meetings in the evenings.
The post holder will be required to oversee the development and delivery of projects.
To identify marketing opportunities and create marketing materials to meet individual community needs. Represent the College in a calendar of events to raise the profile of Community learning.
Understand the associated curriculum with the Community Learning targets and use the knowledge to create individual schedules of provision.
Liaise with the CL Coordinator to advise on curriculum planning and delivery of a range of adult/community learning programmes to meet partner and learner needs.
Ensure documentation including schemes of work, lesson plans and specialist resources are in place prior to the start of courses.
Identify and actively support community groups, to enable them to sustain their activity.
Provide Information, advice and guidance for learners, identifying individual support needs and individual progression opportunities. Where appropriate liaise with other agencies and sign post leaners to appropriate provision.
To contribute and share information/good practice from partnership working across other teams.
Respond to student and partner enquiries, provide advice on learning opportunities and support systems, and enrol learners.
To be responsible for the organization and support for courses in a range of venues, overseeing the learning process, and enabling groups and learners to achieve their individual learning objectives.
Actively engage in adult and community learning developments and utilize the knowledge to maximize local learning opportunities.
Research, develop and deliver ‘fee paying’ provision to meet leisure interests of the community.
To take an active part in the quality assurance and planning process within the Team and contribute to the programme review and self-assessment process.
Participate in course teams and other staff meetings. Contribute to the day-to-day organisation, running and administration of the Team, and ensure all paperwork, data and administration is kept up to date.
To work co-operatively with other areas of the College to provide a corporate College service, particularly at enrolment times and during academic vacations.
Contribute to the cost effectiveness and efficiency of the activities and programmes.
Carries out any other duties that may be reasonably required, commensurate with the grade at the initial place of work or at other locations within the Group’s catchment area.
About you :
If you are passionate about teaching and sharing your knowledge, skills and experience and have an enthusiasm for supporting apprentices then there has never been a better time to join Trafford & Stockport College Group. You must be enthusiastic, experienced, confident at teaching a range of students at different levels and be able to engage the learners.
Are you looking for a step into teaching we can support you on the journey. Gain the experience whilst experience whilst taking this next step.
About TSCG:-A Great Place to Work
The Trafford and Stockport College Group has recently entered the next exciting phase of its journey through the merger with Cheadle and Marple 6th Form College. The merger will provide the Group with a unique opportunity to further shape and direct 16-19 and adult education across the borough of Stockport.
Every year, thousands of students join us on courses that are designed to further their career prospects, enable transition to higher education or simply satisfy a desire to learn new skills and support well-being.
Employment at Trafford & Stockport College Group brings many benefits including:-
Generous contributory company pension scheme
Childcare discounts
Onsite Costa
Employee Assistance Programme
Continuous Professional Development
Free Parking
Staff at Trafford & Stockport College Group go above and beyond to ensure that our students get the best possible teaching and support to enable them to reach their ambitions. We expect the very highest standards for all of our students and this is evidenced year after year by our achievement and progression outcomes.
The Trafford and Stockport College Group promotes, celebrates and values diversity and is committed to promoting equality for all. As part of our commitment to being a Disability Confident Employer, all disabled applicants who meet the minimum requirements of the job, as set out in the job description and person specification, will be guaranteed an interview.
The Trafford and Stockport College Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all learners and expects all staff to share this commitment. Employment at the Trafford and Stockport College Group is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check via the Disclosure and Barring Service and any post in regulated activity will also be subject to an additional barred list check. The Group will meet the costs associated with this.
Please note that new guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education 2023 requires us to carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This is to enables us to identify any incidents or issues which have might want to explore at interview. Once shortlisting has taken place, this search will be carried out for all candidates who will attend an interview.
This position is open to direct applicants only. Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we are unfortunately not able to respond to each applicant. If you have not been called for interview within 3 weeks of the closing date, you should assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.
This role may close early please submit your application early to avoid disappointment
This role is open to direct applicants only
We look forward to receiving an application from you
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